SELF-IMAGE Vis-à-vis GROWTH

DEVELOPMENT, It, is naturally and scientifically defined as "An irreversible process". It then becomes difficult to live and grow without ever facing a form of  competition, both within and outside ourselves, as a part of survival during the development process. Straight away, we can see how self-image and development are convoluted. 

As one grows, they want to belong and identify with certain ideologies and take their stand on certain issues in society. By harboring that school of  thought, we end up creating an image of ourselves where we belong and want to be identified with, both in the present and in the coming future.

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Through creating our personal image whilst existing and interacting with other people, we discover we may be totally different or similar to those around us depending on who we interact with and through which lens we look at life. Personally, I’m a ‘glass is half full’ person, or at least I strive to be.

And before we know it we are in our late teen hood or approaching mid-20’s grappling with identity crisis coupled with failed relations or half done studies or early regrettable exit from parent's shelter or demise of a close loved, just that one sort of misfortune that makes life take a full U-turn.

That sinking feeling of Doesn’t get any worse than this starts to creep in. By this stage, we feel it’s too little too late really and there can’t possibly be a way out, but I want to say there exists one.

.Liberating the self is all about detaching while attaching all at the same time. Where you fold yourself back inwards and embrace the YOU that you find in there.

Loving or not loving the 'US' that we find inside of us will be  determined by  how much or how far we absorb foreign opinion, and how much of it shapes our internal development or deterioration for that matter. 

The liberation then therefore comes once we make the distinction and conclusion that we are what we consume, metaphorically speaking. The cure then lies in the practice of selective listening/learning. We have to filter what goes in, and  in return, our minds and hearts shall reward us with just the right amount of calmness and soberness  requisite for detaching while attaching.

I shall explore THE MAJOR TYPES OF LEARNING in line with this topic-SELF IMAGE.

They include; 

1. Classical Conditioning- Learning through association.

2. Operant Conditioning- Learning through consequences.

3. Observational learning- Learning through modelling/observational.

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